Supreme Council for Shari’a in Nigeria (SCSN), an Islamic organisation, has expressed concern about the Federal Government’s (FG) vague position on Israel’s attack against Palestinians.
In a press statement on Thursday in Abuja, the council’s President, Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah, called on Nigeria to emulate South Africa in condemning the nonstop killings.
It told the Nigerian authority to kick against the bombardment of Palestine by Israel.
“Nigeria should emulate South Africa in condemning the atrocities of Israel on Palestine,” the council stated.
The group urged the FG to fortify its leadership position in Africa, as witnessed by the former Military Head of State, Late General Murtala Mohammed, by being at the forefront of the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed people of Palestine and other places such as Myanmar, Kashmir, China and India.
He said the Council is particularly concerned that the Federal Government has neither condemned nor called on the other world powers to quickly end Israeli forces’ bombardment and destruction barely two weeks later.
Furthermore, SCSN accused the United Nations (UN) of failing to address the rudiments of the lingering conflict basically because the United States has consistently offered unconditional support to Israel to strengthen its intentions to occupy Palestine.
“It is in this light that SCSN is calling on the UN and the international community to stop this hypocrisy, and immediately apply international law equally on every nation, and also pursue the realisation of the two states solution in Palestine diligently, to bring to an end, the bloodshed and suffering in that part of the world.”
It stressed that Israel is determined to massacre the over two million Muslims and Christian Palestinians in Gaza, “SCSN is deeply saddened and outraged by Israel’s bombardments on Gaza and strongly condemned the most recent singular act of the US as it has always done for vetoing the UN Resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza war that would facilitate passage of aid to Gaza.
Sheikh Hadiyyatullah said the recent developments showed that the United Nations has failed. “It also shows the failure of the global institutions established after the Second World War. The international community has failed to address it because the United States has consistently offered unconditional support to Israel to strengthen its intentions to occupy Palestine. We are very saddened by these occurrences.”
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He harped for the rights of Palestinians to self-determination and their existence as human beings, stressing that these rights have been consistently violated by Israel.
WikkiTimes reports that United States President Joe Biden, visited Israel moments after a strike on a Gaza hospital killing hundreds of Palestinians. Reports say the US President embraced the Israeli Prime Minister, allegedly indicating support for the war against Hamas.
Sheikh Hadiyyatullah also called on the federal government to urgently review its diplomatic relationship with Israel until it respects international law and the rights of Palestinians.
The President of the Council noted that SCSN has begun mobilisation for relief materials for the besieged Palestinians who are in dire need of food, clothing, medicine and other essentials, soliciting the support of the Federal Government as well as Nigerians of different faiths to donate and offer special prayers for Palestinians and all oppressed people of the globe.
Over 3000 Palestinians and over 1000 Israelites killed with thousands injured from both parties since the commencement of the recent war on October 7.
With the ongoing bombardment on Palestine by Isaeli forces, U.S and its allies publicly giving unconditional support to Israel, the position condemned by several Muslim organisations.
